# Drombeg, Co. Kerry: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Galey, barony of Iraghticonnor, Co. Kerry; in Irish An Drom Beag. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 877,258 m² (87.73 ha, 216.78 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 18,598 m² (1.86 ha, 4.6 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Galey, https://everytownland.com/kerry/parish/galey.md - Barony: Iraghticonnor - Electoral division: Shronowen, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 221 people lived in 93 households in the Shronowen electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 21% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Kerry, https://everytownland.com/kerry.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/24174 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 71147 - Centre: latitude 52.482035, longitude -9.48763 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 15 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Drombeg, from 1,320 m² to 163,702 m² (16.37 ha, 40.45 acres); 14 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 5423385: 163,702 m² (16.37 ha, 40.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5423385.md - Parcel 1227387: 160,180 m² (16.02 ha, 39.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1227387.md - Parcel 1227485: 154,799 m² (15.48 ha, 38.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1227485.md - Parcel 1227482: 150,444 m² (15.04 ha, 37.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1227482.md - Parcel 1225128: 85,517 m² (8.55 ha, 21.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1225128.md - Parcel 1179072: 56,825 m² (5.68 ha, 14.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1179072.md - Parcel 1240350: 28,553 m² (2.86 ha, 7.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1240350.md - Parcel 1156576: 18,598 m² (1.86 ha, 4.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1156576.md - Parcel 1156575: 17,095 m² (1.71 ha, 4.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1156575.md - Parcel 1147631: 15,638 m² (1.56 ha, 3.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1147631.md - Parcel 5423367: 12,677 m² (1.27 ha, 3.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5423367.md - Parcel 1156574: 5,078 m² (0.51 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1156574.md - Parcel 4056528: 4,742 m² (0.47 ha, 1.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4056528.md - Parcel 1143033: 2,784 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1143033.md - Parcel 6058689: 1,320 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6058689.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Drombeg in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 4 applications, newest first. - 20 Jul 2023, Kerry County Council 2360050: Conditional. Permission. A new grid connection route connecting the permitted Ballylongford windfarm (Kerry County Council planning ref 19/381) ( An Bord Pleanala ref- PL08.304807) at Aghanagran Middle And Lower, Ballyline West And Tullahennel South, Ballylongford, to the proposed 38kVsubstation (Kerry County Council planning ref 23/431) at Tullamore, Listowel, Co Kerry. The route will entail the installation of approximately 7.3km of 38kv underground electric cable passing through townlands of Aghanagran Lower, Ballyline West, Kilgarvan, Coolkeragh, and Tullamore in County, Kerry The proposed grid route is proposed to be via underground cables located along the public roads : L10028, R552, and L-1009, and private property. The new grid route is a change a previously granted permission for a 12.1km grid connection route (Kerry County Council planning ref 20/438) ( An Bord Pleanala ref- PL08308643) from the permitted wind farm to the 38kva /110kva substation at Kilpaddoge, Tarbert. The proposal includes alterations to the permitted windfarm (Kerry County Council planning ref 19/381) ( An Bord Pleanala ref- PL08.304807), the permitted 38 kV substation at the wind farm is to be relocated and redesigned. The altered substation proposal will be located in a new substation compound that includes a control building, and all associated electrical plant and apparatus, fencing, and an access track within the townland of Aghanagran Lower. The proposed substation at the windfarm will be connected to the windfarm via underground cabling from Turbine T4. The project includes all ancillary and associated works necessary to facilitate the development, including three temporary construction compounds. A Natura Impact Statement has been prepared in respect of the proposed development and accompanies this application.. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/2360050/0 - 20 Apr 2023, Kerry County Council 23431: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCT A 38KV SUBSTATION, INCLUDING ALL CONTROL BUILDING, AND ALL ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL PLANT AND APPARATUS, FENCING, TEMPORARY ACCESS TRACK, AND ALL ASSOCIATED AND ANCILLARY WORKS NECESSARY TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT. THE PROPOSED SUBSTATION WILL ADJOIN THE CONSENTED 110KV DROMBEG SUBSTATION APPROVED THROUGH THE STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS UNDER AN BORD PLEANÁLA REF: VA08.305106. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL REDUCE THE QUANTUM OF PROPOSED SOLAR PANELS BY C.902SQM OR 0.25% OF THE PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED SOLAR FARM UNDER KERRY COUNTY COUNCIL PLANNING REF: 18720 (AN BORD PLEANÁLA REF: PL08.302681). A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED IN RESPECT OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLCIATION. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/23431/0 - 18 Jul 2018, Kerry County Council 18720: Refused. Permission. PLANNING PERMISSION WITH A DURATION OF 10 YEARS FOR A SOLAR PV FARM WITH AN OPERATIONAL LIFESPAN OF 35 YEARS TO EXPORT UP TO 50MW OF ELECTRICITY TO THE NATIONAL GRID. THE DEVELOPMENT WILL COMPRISE APPROX. 357, 500 SQ.M. OF SOLAR PANELS TOGETHER WITH ALL ANCILLARY CABLING AND ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING APPROX. 25 NO. COMBINED INVERTER / TRANSFORMER STATIONS ( WITH OPTION TO PROVIDE THESE AS SEPARATE INVERTER TRANSFORMER UNITS ); PROVISION OF NEW ACCESS TRACKS AND UPGRADING OF EXISTING AGRICULTURAL ACCESS TRACKS; LANDSCAPING; TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND; BATTERY STORAGE AND CONTROL UNITS; BOUNDARY AND SECURITY FENCING; CCTV SECURITY SYSTEM; NEW VEHICULAR ACCESS POINT TO THE L-1009 9 ( AT SITE OF EXISTING AGRICULTURAL GATE ); APPROX. 4M TELECOMMUNICATIONS MAST AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS ALL ON A SITE OF APPROXIMATELY 99.2HA. A NATURAL IMPACT STATEMENT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE PLANNING AUTHORITY WITH THE APPLICATION. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/18720/0 - 4 Jul 2017, Kerry County Council 17631: Conditional. Retention. RETAIN AND COMPLETE AN AGRICULTURAL STORAGE SHED ON HIS FARMYARD. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/KerryCC/AppFileRefDetails/17631/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Lower River Shannon SAC, site code 002165, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002165 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - KE010-021: Fortification, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE010-021----. Marked on the 1841-42 and 1939 OS maps as 'Garrison (in ruins)', it appears as a rectangular enclosure with a double bank on the W to NW side. Today the enclosure has been disfigured by field fences and the E and SSE banks have been destroyed due to their construction. The firing or outer bank of the enclosure runs in a N-E-SW direction. This bank measures 57m in length. The maximum width at the base of the bank measures 7m, the external height of the bank 2.2m, and the internal height 1.2m. At both ends of the bank, it tapers off and merges into the surrounding land. There is a distance of 1.6m between the bank and the field fence. At a distance of 22m from the NW section of the bank, there is an incurve in the bank measuring 4m deep and 6m wide. The rectangular area itself measures 38m NE- SW and 41m NW-SE internally, and appears as a raised area over the surrounding land. There is a distance of 5m between the outer bank and the 'garrison' itself. The external height of the bank measures .6m. A slight fosse is to be noted and measures .8m wide and .4m deep. In the interior of the garrison there is a large depression measuring 6m x 9m. Listowel's strategic importance was appreciated by the English authorities, and this can be seen from a list prepared on 23 April 1659 in which Listowel is named as one of the garrisons which is to be held if Ireland should be invaded. Forty men are suggested for the garrison of Listowel (Gaughan, 1973, 83). The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 981. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013 - KE010-022: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE010-022----. Internal diameter 33m N-S, 32m E-W This univallate rath is situated in the corner of a field in poor pastureland. It consists of a circular space enclosed by a low, c 10m wide bank. This earthen bank rises to a maximum of 1.4m externally and .9m above the interior. There is a slight trace of an external fosse to the SE to E, where it can seen for c 23m; it is c 2m wide and .5m deep. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 398. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013 - KE010-023: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE010-023----. Internal diameter 29m N-S, 27.6m E-W Situated two fields E of KE010-022---- in a field which is sloping gently S, this univallate rath consists of a sub-circular area enclosed by a low earthen bank which is on average 7m in width at the base. At its highest point it rises to 2.2m above the surrounding land and .6m above the interior. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 399. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013 - KE010-024: Ritual site - holy well, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE010-024----. This is marked on the 1840-41 and 1939 OS maps as 'Toberreendoney' (Tobar Rí an Domhnaigh - well of the king of Sunday). Situation and Description: This is a small spring which is covered over by a circular concrete cover with a wooden hatch to allow access to the water. Rounds/Offerings: No devotions held. Legend: This well moved from the other side of the road when clothes were washed in it. Ó Danachair (1958, 160) recorded the following details about this well; 'A small spring issuing beneath an old ash tree. No devotions now. "A holy well" OSNB ii, 343. Legend: The well was formerly on the other side of the river Galey, but moved to its present position when clothes were washed in it'. Folklore collected from Tullamore School between 1936-37 recorded the following tradition about this moving well which was originally located in the adjoining townland of Bedford; 'There was a parson living in Bedford about eighty years ago. There was a blessed well in his field about one hundred yards away from his house, near the bank of the river. One day his maid washed clothes in it and it removed across the river over to a field of Nolans in Drombeg. It was a well for sore eyes and one day a very old man came from Knockanure to wash his eyes in the water, because he was blind. He thought that they would not get better: he only chanced it, but to his surprise his sight was restored next morning. It was called Saint Agnes's well. This is how it got its name: One day a very holy woman named Agnes came to the well to wash her eyes, because they were very sore. When she was paying her round she heard a voice saying: 'Behold Agnes Behold!' and at that moment she slipped and fell into the well. And it is believed that she was a saint. There is a rosary said for every three rounds that are payed, and nine rounds that are payed for every visit a person pays. There are special days for paying rounds, the day after Saint Patrick's day, and the twenty-ninth of December. And when a round is paid the people always say three 'Hail Marys' in honour of saint Agnes' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0399, Pages 161-2;https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4666571/4662914) The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 899. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 17 May 2022 - KE010-025: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE010-025----. Internal diameter 35m N-S, 33m E-W This univallate rath is situated NE of KE010-023----, and good views are afforded in all directions. Fieldbanks touch this site to the NW and SSW, and the W sector has been used as a field divider. The rath is sub-circular in shape and is enclosed by a very overgrown earthen bank, which is 7m wide and rises to a maximum of 1.6m externally and 1m internally. An external fosse exists for most of the site. It is best preserved NW through N to E to S; elsewhere it is really only distinguishable by a variation in vegetation colour. The fosse is shallow and U shaped, being on average 1m wide and .4m-.8m deep. The interior is at a higher level than the surrounding land. Two main gaps are to be noted: one to the S measuring 2.4m wide and another SE measuring 2.8m wide. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 400. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 2 August 2013 - KE010-084: Fulacht fia, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CKE010-084----. The excavation site was located within the lower lying portion of a poor-quality pasture field in the south-western portion of the Tullamore solar farm site. The fulacht fia was discovered during archaeological testing (Excavation Licence No. 23E0046) of the site of the Tullamore Solar Farm development in March 2023. The site was subject to full archaeological excavation (Excavation Licence 23E0397) in June 2023. The burnt mound was composed of an oblong deposit of heat-affected stone fragments contained within a matrix of dark greyish brown to black clayey silt. It directly underlay the topsoil and had a maximum extent of 10.5m (N-S) by 9.2m (E-W). The depth of the burnt mound deposit was greatest in its central portion with a maximum depth of 0.42m. The depth of the deposit gradually decreased towards its edges. The east to west axis of the burnt mound deposit was not contiguous as the basal portions of a likely modern or early modern linear feature truncated the western portion of the burnt mound in a roughly north to south direction. It is likely that the burnt mound would have been horseshoe-shaped had it not been truncated by the linear feature. The main body of heat-affected stone and charcoal enriched clayey silt was found to have been deposited upon an introduced layer formed by a mix of compact, light yellowish brown sandy clay and medium to large sized stones. This layer measured 8.5m (N-S), 7.4m (E-W) and varied in thickness between 0.1m and 0.5m but averaged circa 0.3m. The introduced layer was deposited directly upon a slightly elevated area of natural subsoil. The introduction of this deposit resulted in the provision of an elevated and dryer working platform for those carrying out their pyrolithic activities. This area was up to 1m higher in elevation that the lower lying, and readily flooded, areas of the cutting to the south. A trough was located on the western side of the burnt mound and was partially overlain by the main burnt mound material on its eastern side. Elsewhere, the upper fills of the trough were overlain (and truncated) by the fills of the later linear feature, which extended through this area in a roughly north to south direction. The trough itself was of irregular shape in plan but trended towards sub-oval. It had maximum dimensions of 1.88m (E-W) by 1.66m (N-S) and had a maximum depth of 0.7m (as measured from the highest point of its cut into introduced layer on the north-eastern side of the trough. The trough filled naurally with ground water during periods of wet weather. When in use, the trough appeared to have contained a wattle lining, as numerous predominantly small to ephemeral stakeholes were identified on the sides and base of the trough cut, while the fills of the trough contained frequent small wood fragment and twig-like inclusions. A smaller, irregular cut feature underlay the southernmost portion of the main spread of burnt mound material, also truncating the southernmost extent of the introduced layer. The site has returned radiocarbon dates ranging from the Chalcolithic period (2455-2201 cal BC), through the Early Bronze Age (2280-2035 cal BC) and on to the Middle Bronze Age (1615-1460 cal BC), demonstrating repeated use of the site over an extended period. Analysis of environmental samples indicates some local woodland clearance from the Chalcolithic period into the Early and Middle Bronze Age, with a decrease in oak levels and increase in alder and hazel values. It is likely that the site was located close to a boundary of dry and wetland areas. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by David Murphy. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Drombeg. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Drombeg, about 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_228, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_228.zip (ZIP). - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/kerry/drombeg.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/kerry/drombeg.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/kerry/drombeg.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Drombeg with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Kerry: https://everytownland.com/kerry.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Bedford: https://everytownland.com/kerry/bedford.md - Coolkeragh: https://everytownland.com/kerry/coolkeragh.md - Knockane: https://everytownland.com/kerry/knockane-71896.md - Shrone East: https://everytownland.com/kerry/shrone-east.md - Tullamore: https://everytownland.com/kerry/tullamore.md A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/kerry/drombeg - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/kerry/drombeg